SEC DOMINATES FIRST THREE ROUNDS OF DRAFT

Asked about the leap from the Southeastern Conference up to the NFL, Trent Richardson said he didn’t expect it to be too much of a change.

He may have a point — most of the SEC seems to be coming with him.

Through the first three rounds of the NFL Draft, 16 players from the SEC were taken, from Alabama running back Richardson (third overall to the Cleveland Browns) to Arkansas defensive end Jake Bequette, who went 90th to New England.

Fans of the league’s teams take pride in noting its accomplishments, among them winning the last six BCS titles.

The BCS championship game was an all-SEC affair this year, and that game between Alabama and LSU alone sent nine players to the NFL — so far. There’s four more rounds on today.

Through three rounds, no player from Texas, Florida or Florida State was chosen. But SMU, Midwestern State and the University of Regina, in Canada, all were represented.

Around the league

•The Pro Bowl could be suspended for 2013. Commissioner Roger Goodell expressed concerns about the quality of play after January’s game, and the league has been holding talks with the players’ union about the all-star game’s future.

•There were 10 trades in the second and third rounds on Friday night, after teams swapped eight times in the first round the night before.